zero carb?

Hello Folks! Trebleclef01 here. Still working out and still plugging along with the PB diet. I started around October and lost a few lbs. the first week then nothing. So I started doing HIIT workouts, cut out nut butters and went almost dairy-free. I've built quite a bit of muscle in the upper body and lost about one inch and a half. In the past two months the scale has gone up and inches have gone nowhere.
Needless to say, after five months it's frustrating. So I'm thinking of going zero carb for a while and fasting here and there to see if that works. Zero carb is under 10g, right?

The other thing I was thinking is that I may not be exercising enough of that whole patience thing with this. A lot of us always want it now! That's one of the only things that kept me going the first time I lost weight. The mentality of "It took my x amount of years to get this heavy, it's not going to change overnight."

Also I'd workout intensly just 2-3 times per week to build lean mass (your body uses up more energy when you got some muscle) and then walk every other chance you get. Like as much as possible. Walking great for you on many levels; you burn a few extra calories, yur not sittin around all day, your gettin outside gettin some air/sunshine oxygen to the brain all that good stuff.